August 21 – Daily Notes – Amanda

Job is a tough book to read for a number of reasons, but there are a number of takeaways. One major one is in today’s reading. Job reminds us that the Lord gives and thus it is God’s right to take those things away as well. He confirms, though that either way, whether in blessing or wanting, the name of the Lord should be blessed. Here’s a musical version of the same concept:

Job 1:1-3:26:

1 – “Blameless and upright” is a description very few people in the Bible receive. Noah, before the flood, was described in a similar way.

5 – Job even hedged his bets by sacrificing for his children just in case they were sinful without his knowledge.

6-12 – Satan challenged God saying that Job was only faithful because God had, until then, protected him and all his things. God disagrees and allows him to torment Job in order to prove his faithfulness.

20-22 – After all the turmoil and trauma Job received back to back to back, he grieved but did not curse God like Satan said he would.

3-6 – This time God allows Satan to strike Job with any kind of personal illness as long as he doesn’t kill him.

9 – This must be what Proverbs warns against when it talks about basically anything being better than living with a quarrelsome wife.

10 – It is obviously much easier to receive the good God gives us, but Job reminds us that we can’t expect the good without being willing to receive bad too.

3-26 – Job basically wishes he was never born.

1 Corinthians 14:1-17:

5 – Speaking in tongues, unless it is interpreted for the body, is intended to be between that person and God.

16-17 – Speaking in ways others can understand is important in the larger body. Paul gives the example that it then allows someone to say “amen” in agreement with what you’ve said. They can only do that if they understood what was said.

Psalm 37:12-29:

14-17 – These verses basically explain that wicked people and the Lord are at war over the poor and needy. The wicked try to take them down while the Lord makes sure to lift them up.

23-24 – Even though we stumble and struggle at times, if we are faithful, the Lord keeps us from total destruction.

Proverbs 21:25-26:

26 – What a powerful verse! When we are lazy and sloth-y, we tend to constantly want and need. The righteous, on the other hand, are willing to give and give abundantly.